Whatever it is, I love my baby more than I'd love my wife/girlfriend, and I really don't mind spending a bomb you see, afterall, she's my firstlove, yeah..................

Thanx mate and your suggestion was accepted

Thanx man!

Thanx a lot man and yeah! the sound at 4K rpm is better can't wait to listen to those screaming 10K rpm sounds

Any way of locking the helmet on the bike. tried the locking mechanism under the rear seat, but the strap of my LS2 is small..

Any suggestions??

and an R1 has two headlights.

i'll try to put up a list of N250R spare prices soon.

India. US. UK.

there this thin line between extra cash and plain extortion.

i'm sure... if asked... bajaj wouldn't be able to find it.

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The problem is some of the N250R (3 lacs) spares are as much as costly as R1 (15 lacs). Bajaj had reasonably priced the N250R, so perople will think spares will be also reasonably priced, but which is not. The N250 R being an imported 3 lacs bike we should pay a hefthy amount for spares which should cover import duties etc. Thts is ok. But seing the prices of the spares it seems like N250R is a 10+ lacs bike. Some of the premium cars spares are cheaper than N250R.

Apparently, this seems to be the only logical solution to our spare parts cost discussion.

exhaust!!

i second this one...

interesting thing...

i am planning to get a full exhaust system for my ninja and would like to know your opinion regarding the following exhaust:
Tyga Performance - .Set, Pipe, Full Race System, Round Carbon Silencer, Ninja 250 - Four Stroke Systems i personally heard this exhaust on another ninja and liked it..unlike the other exhausts it didint sound like a dirt bike..it has bit of bassy note which i like...and do this website ship to india and have one used this site before???

Must say its sound was amazing and at that price its a killer. After doing a little research, I found that Tyga is actually a pretty famous company with 2 strokes and I think the ninjette is their first fours stroke venture (since this was the only four stroke bike on their website for which they had an option of an aftermarket exhaust...though I may be wrong)

I looked up some international forums as well and this is what I found -

Tyga full exhaust system - Cheap... is it worth it? : KawiForums.com Kawasaki Forums: Kawasaki motorcycle forums

Tyga Performance Exhausts for the 2008 up Ninja 250 - ninjette.org

its just our Indian mindset ( including me sort of ) that we want a world class product enjoy it and then we want world class spares at Indian prices. i may be wrong here but maintaining a sup bike is no pocket friendly game and it will never be. why i feel ...a week back i had a real close look at our so called competitor bike honda cbr 250. i was surprised to see how cheap read indianish the body especially the metal frame / screws /weld etc of the bike looked. i think most of the parts for this bike are made locally in India. i am not saying that our Indian manufacturing is bad. just that honda ensured that they got it made cheap ( read lesser quality when compared to CBR sold in US other parts of the world at a higher price). so CBR is priced appropriately in india with cheap spares too. i can assure you that the CBR 250 sold in the US is of much superior quality than the Indian made CBR and priced higher.

i can ask ninja owners to check out CBR 250 real close and experience the real difference in quality compared to ninja250.

bottom line is there can be some reduction in spare cost but not much. cheap means almost always quality is compromised.

+1.

@harikeshpk : Its just amazing at the heights few people would go to justify the so called *premium tax* . .

Just a day back i saw a RD 350( LT) next to a Ninja 250r, and was surprised how much of a toy the Ninja looked like. . . . . & that RD was more than a decade old.

Bottomline is there is difference being expensive and getting extorted.

yep you are right..most of their products are for two strokes...but they also products for fourstrokes(twins,inlines4s also)..at that price they are steal and i guess the full carbon system in tyga is cheaper than than the two brothers slip-on..btw any idea about the increase in power for FI models because in their site they are mentioning about carb versions...btw what is meant by snorkel????

You get what you pay for. (Wrt to comparison between 250R & 250R) 250R costs almost twice than that of a non ABS 250R, but it doesn't mean that Honda can skimp on quality. They advertise quality

Spares may be priced higher, but the double duty structure is a novel way to rob riders. Thumbs down.

^& what exactly in the cbr250r lacking so much from the quality point of view?
you could take this to the cbr thread if this is getting too much OT here.

I merely clicked on CBR ownership thread, put up page 101 randomly and this is what I found


Another random click


Two clicks on two pages. How is that for stats?

You want me to search again? I won't be flooding this thread with other 250R and nor will I post it there. Why? You want current CBR owners* (most who are possessive) to shoot me down?

I am not trying to play down CBR 250-R, but Kawasaki is a superior Motorcycle here. Almost everywhere (between these both). And yes its priced steeply (not going into whys and hows) but the high pricing alone doesn't make the Kawa superior.

Internationally, there is very little to choose between the Japs, but most say Honda is ahead. May be. Happy?

* Most owners are possessive and look over the bike's negatives becuase they own them. Its all across, nothing in particular with CBR or any other Motorcycle.

ryyly?... That mirror and shim noise is so much of a letdown?.. (FYI, do u know the issue is already fixed in the new batches out?)

Rome wasnt built in a day. When a new product comes out, it comes with its share of bugs. Hope you're not ignorant enough to say that the kawi 250 is flawless?

from our very own xbhp:


Now if you'd say, that the tyres are not from kawasaki & it was sourced from 3rd party, then i could say the mirror bolts(cbr link 1 you've posted) are same situation. They're sourced from third party.

I'm not saying CBR is perfect(i very well know that lol), but neither is a Ninja. Hope you get my point.

I appreciate people around who dont go around nitpicking and enjoy the ride for fun. There are many mature people here whom i respect and follow for advice & Then are there are few others...